The remonstrations of history are rarely heeded in moments of mass hysteria. But before the new Cold Warriors and their neocon fellow travelers lead us into a crusade based on an FBI report about a computer server the bureau never got to inspect, perhaps we should consider the track record of U.S. intelligence in times of war.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After Congress passed a new law allowing Sept. 11 victims’ families to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts, opponents mounted an expensive political campaign, including paying American military veterans to visit Capitol Hill and warn lawmakers about what they said could be unintended consequences.

The judgment of the Ninth Circuit upholding the temporary restraining order (TRO) against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting travel from seven terror-prone countries would have allowed one of the 9/11 hijackers to sue the government to come to, or stay in, the United States.

Kyle Shideler of the Center for Security Policy joined SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Monday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily to discuss his article on the newly declassified “28 pages” from the 9/11 Commission report, which he says “reveal lost ground in the fight against jihad.”

Republican Platform committee member Maine State Senator Eric Brakey put forward an amendment in the National Security subcommittee to declassify 28 pages of 9/11 Commission report in the National Security subcommittee. He told Breitbart News that he consulted with and did so at the request of North Carolina congressman Walter Jones.

JAFFA, Israel – Riyadh has yet to issue an official response to the U.S. Senate resolution that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government for any role in the attacks, but the unanimously-passed resolution has been met with sweeping condemnation on Saudi social media.

Hard on the heels of President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia, CIA Director John Brennan appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press to denounce the controversial “28 pages” of the 9/11 report as “uncorroborated” and “unvetted,” and he warned that releasing them would lead “some people” to reach “very inaccurate” conclusions.

When the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes ran their 28 Pages story in early April, they brought the issue of possible Saudi Arabian involvement in the 9/11 terror attack on the United States back into the public consciousness.

Investigative journalist and Hoover Institution media fellow Paul Sperry appeared on Breitbart News Daily with host Stephen K. Bannon on Monday morning to talk about the potential release of the “28 Pages” of long-classified documents that may demonstrate Saudi complicity in the 9/11 attacks.

Fox News reports that President Obama will make a decision on declassifying 28 pages of sealed 9/11 documents – considered by both the Obama and Bush administrations as potentially threatening to national security – within 60 days.